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Well it was the head gasket it turns out.
Also the expansion bottle had welded shut and I couldn't get the cap off!

The garage who I asked to look at it proceeded to do all of the work without authorisation and lumped me with a £600 bill (new water pump, timing belt change, cyl. head check and ...

Hi all,

The missus has just informed me that as she was driving her 1.4 back from work, there was a loud pop and smoke billowed from under the bonnet. She managed to get a few hundred yards down the road until she could find a place to park it up, but it was chugging very badly by this point. Does ...

Did you ever find the cause of this? My missus 1.4 has developed this (amongst other things - like a Cat that sounds like a bucket of nails!)

Got the drum off tonight but you think I could get it back on??! Eventually got it on, but the wheel is binding so much the car won't move :shock:

Anyone ...

finally got it! I couldn't see how to remove the strip that goes underneath each lamp so ended up buying a haynes manual and it told me of a screw that I hadn't seen in the darkness last night!

All sorted :D

(also had major problems getting the reg plate light holders out and now they don't sit ...

Cheers Josh

I was also told elsewhere that I needed to remove the front bumper

Hi all I am trying to change the passenger side headlamp unit on the motor as it's being re-tested tomorrow.

The replacement I have has a bolt at the front - how do I remove this on the existing unit? I can't even see how to get at it!!! :shock:

Any help appreciated (I knew I shoulda got that ...

helloooooo!!!! my first post lol!

We (that is the missus) has a '97 black openair and we are in the rhondda but work in cardiff